1、 Unit 4 Animal Body LanguagePre-reading:topic:Animal body languageLead-in:What animal body languages do you know?Summarise the main idea for each paragraph.Para 1：Human beings are not the only ones who communicate.Animals use body language to tell each other how they feel and what they think.Here is
2、 a quick look at how some of our animal friends send messages to us and to each other.Main idea:Like human beings,animals also use body language to express their thoughts and feelings.Fast-readingSummarise the main idea for each paragraph.Para 2：Dogs use sounds,body movements,and their tails to comm
3、unicate.When a dog is happy,its ears will stand up and its eyes will be wide open.The dog will start barking,moving its tail,and running around in circles or jumping up and down to show you that it wants to play.A dog that is afraid will lie on its back and close its eyes.The dog may show its teeth
4、and lower its body so that it is close to the ground,The dog may also shake,and it will put its tail between its legs.When a dog is angry,its main body language is showing its teeth and growling.The dog will try making itself look as big as possible.The tail will stand straight out from the body.Sum
5、marise the main idea for each paragraph.Para 3：Elephants also use noises and body language to express themselves.An elephants sense of smell is highly developed.An elephant can smell how another elephant is feeling if it is sick.The elephants nose,or trunk,is also used to make noises and to welcome
6、other elephants.Different noises have a variety of meanings:they can mean I am hungry,I am angry,or Good to see you!An elephants body language includes ear signals and gestures.If an elephant spreads its ears,it means Watch out!To show friendship,elephants will touch each other with their trunks and
7、 stand close to each other,putting their heads together.Summarise the main idea for each paragraph.Para 4:Dolphins are social animals.They live in groups and love showing each other their feelings,An angry dolphin will sometimes hit its tail on the surface of the water.The movement and noise let oth
8、er dolphins know that something is wrong.If a dolphin wants to send a message over a long distance,or if it wants to show how strong it is,it will jump high out of the water and land on its side,making a loud noise.A dolphins favourite activity is leaping into the air while playing with its friends,
9、When dolphins are tired and need to rest,they will swim in small groups close to the surface.If you see dolphins doing this,you should not disturb them.Main idea:Dolphins usually use their tails to make noise and movement to express their thoughts.Read the text.Match the emotions with the body langu
10、age and animals.Careful-readingWhats the cats body language communicating in each picture?Here are some words and expressions you can use.Use a dictionary to help you.purr meow stretch swish its tail nuzzle its head against her face Describing pictures(猫猫)的呜呜声的呜呜声猫叫声猫叫声伸展伸展,舒展舒展 摇尾巴摇尾巴它的头依偎着她的脸它的头依偎
11、着她的脸The cats goes over to the girl and nuzzles its head against her face,giving a meow.Whats the cats body language communicating in each picture?The cats leads the sleepy girl into the kitchen,looking behind her and meowing all the way.Whats the cats body language communicating in each picture?The
12、cat looks up happily at the girl as she pours cat food into the bowl.Whats the cats body language communicating in each picture?The cat runs to the window and sees the girl off.Whats the cats body language communicating in each picture?The cat decides to play with the goldfidh.It stands outside the
13、goldfish bowl,swishing its tail.Whats the cats body language communicating in each picture?The cat becomes bored,so it stretches out on a pillow in the living room and goes to sleep,purring and dreaming of the girl.Whats the cats body language communicating in each picture?Give the cat and the girl
14、names.Use these names and the pictures above to write a story about the cat.While-writing Prissy was a small orange kitten who was taken care of by a young girl named Del.Prissy was waiting in the darkness patiently for hours.She knew that Del would get angry if she woke her too early.Finally,the su
15、n came up,and so Prissy went over to the girl and nuzzled her head against her face,giving a meow.Del woke up with a yawn,and then Prissy led the sleepy girl into the kitchen to the cat food dish,looking behind her and meowing all the way.At last,Del poured the cat food into Prissys bowl as the kitt
16、en looked on happily and purred.Writing sample Sadly,Del had to go to school.Prissy ran to the window and saw Del off,giving a meow of farewell.But then what to do?Prissy decided that she wanted to play with the goldfish,so she went over to the goldfish bowl and began to meow,but the goldfish was not keen on playing with her,so it just sat in the bowl looking at her.Irritated,Prissy began to swish her tail.Finally,Prissy became bored,so she stretched out on a pillow in the living room and went to sleep,purring and dreaming of Del,in bliss at the thought of her return.Writing sampleThank you!
